our first attempt at homemade pasta and it was a terrific success. it’s much easier than i thought it would be. i have to say that i am less afraid of dough, now that i make bread. dough can be intimidating but is much more forgiving than expected.
we formed the first batch in a ninja and i forgot to add the eggs before i added the water and EVO. it was a crumbly dry mess. mp took it out, added some water and i kneaded it according to giada’s instructions. in the fridge it goes anyway because i want to see if it is any good.
we formed the second batch in mp’s tiny 3-cup blender/food processor and after a lot of scraping and mixing, it came together. i forgot to set a timer so i’m not sure it rested a full 30 minutes, but it came close.
as for the pasta roller, i flattened the doughs by hand and then we started on setting 1 and worked our way up to 5 for the pappardelle and 4 for the fettuccine. m wanted the pappardelle thick; as it turns out, 5 was probably even a wee bit too thick still. i would use a floured pizza peel next time, maybe, because the rolled pasta almost exceeded my arm span at setting 5. the pappardelle cooked for about 4 minutes and the fettuccine only needed 2.
using a couple scoops of sauce and a scoop of pasta water, m quickly mixed the 2 together and voila! tasty fresh pasta!